unfoldingWord_en_tn/jer/48/08.md

For the destroyer will come to every city

Here "the destroyer" represents the enemy army. Alternate translation: "For the enemy army will come to every city and destroy it" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

no city will escape

Here "city" represents the people. Alternate translation: "no people from any city will escape" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

So the valley will perish and the plain will be devastated

Here "valley" and "plain" represent the cities and the people in those places Alternate translation: "So the enemy army will destroy everything in the valleys and on the plains" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)